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"1. empty. 2. useless. 3. unemployed; free. 4. ignorant. 5. slack, not under tension (rope). 6. uncultivated (land). 7. uninhabited. -ta unemployed. - almak naut. to take up the slack, make a hawser taut. -a almak /ı/ 1. to prop up (a building) temporarily for repairs. 2. mech. to uncouple, release. -unu almak /ın/ to tauten (a hawser), take up the slack (in a hawser). - atıp dolu tutmak/vurmak to make a lucky hit, guess the truth by chance. - bırakmamak /ı/ 1. to help out (a person in need). 2. not to desert (someone). -u boşuna uselessly. - bulunmak to be taken unawares. -a çalışmak/işlemek (for a machine) to run on no load, run light. - çıkmak lottery to draw a blank. -a çıkmak to turn out to be nothing. - çıkmamak /dan/ to make a little something out of (a deal). - dönmek to come back emptyhanded. - durmak to be without work, be unemployed. - düşmek /dan/ to be considered as divorced (from her husband). - gezenin boş kalfası loafer. - gezmek to be unemployed. -ta gezmek to live without working. -a gitmek 1. to be wasted. 2. to be of no use. - inan superstition. - kafalı silly, dimwitted. -ta kalmak to be without work. - koymak /ı/ to deprive (someone) of something desirable. -a koysan dolmaz, doluya koysan almaz. colloq. However I try to do it, it still does not work. - laf karın doyurmaz. proverb Empty words do not fill one´s stomach. boş ol!/- olsun! I divorce you! (formerly said by the husband to his wife). - olmamak not to be without reason, to have a justifying cause. - oturmak 1. to be without a job, be unemployed. 2. not to have work to do, be without work. - söz nonsensical words, hot air. - vakit 1. spare time. 2. leisure. - ver! Forget it!/Never mind! - vermek 1. /a/ not to bother (about), to take no notice (of). 2. naut. to loosen a hawser. - yere 1. in vain. 2. without grounds, without a reason. - yerine vurmak /ın/ to hit (someone) on his side."

"1. change, alteration; amendment. 2. unusualness, novelty, singularity, distinctiveness. 3. variety. - olsun diye for the sake of a change. - yapmak to make a change."

1. the world, the earth. 2. the universe. 3. everyone, people. -da never in this world: Dünyada gitmem. I would not go for the whole world. - ahret kardeşim olsun. colloq. Let it be friendship only. - âlem colloq. everybody. -yı anlamak to understand life, be mature. -yı başına dar etmek /ın/ to make life unbearable for. - başına yıkılmak to be very miserable. -lar benim oldu. colloq. I felt on top of the world. - bir araya gelse even if everybody is opposed. -nın dört bucağı the four corners of the earth. - durdukça for ever and ever. -dan elini eteğini çekmek to cut oneself off from the world and worldly things. - evi marriage. - evine girmek to get married. -dan geçmek/-dan el çekmek to retire from the world, lose touch with life. -sından geçmek to lose one´s interest in life. -ya gelmek to be born, come into the world. -ya getirmek /ı/ to give birth to, bring into the world. - görüşü one´s general philosophy of life. -ya gözlerini açmak to be born, open one´s eyes to the world. -yı gözü görmemek to be so affected by something that one can´t think of anything else. - gözü ile görmek /ı/ to see (someone) before one dies. -ya gözlerini kapamak/yummak to die, pass away, close one´s eyes to the world. - güzeli 1. (person) of outstanding beauty. 2. Miss Universe. -dan haberi olmamak to be unaware of what is going on around one. -yı haram etmek /a/ to make life a living hell for (someone). -nın kaç bucak/köşe olduğunu anlamak/öğrenmek to learn by bitter experience. -nın kaç bucak olduğunu göstermek /a/ to give (someone) what he has coming to him. - kadar a whole lot. -ya kazık kakmak to live to a ripe old age. - kelamı worldly talk. - kelamı etmek to talk about worldly things. - kurulalıdan beri since the world began. - malı/nimeti wealth, possessions. - malı dünyada kalır. proverb You can´t take it with you. -lar (onun) olmak to be very happy. -nın öbür/bir ucu the far end of the world. -nın parası a lot of money. - penceresi colloq. the eyes. - (Peygamber) Süleyman´a bile kalmamış. proverb No man can live forever. -yı tozpembe görmek to see things through rose-colored glasses. -yı tutmak to spread far and wide. - varmış! colloq. How wonderful! (expression of relief). -nın yedi harikası Seven Wonders of the World. - yıkılsa umurunda değil. colloq. He doesn´t give a damn. - yüzü görmemek to be overwhelmed by circumstances. -yı zindan/zehir etmek /a/ to make life unbearable for. - zindan olmak /a/ to be in great distress.

"1. (something) which has something missing or lacking, deficient, incomplete. 2. defective. 3. /dan/ missing, absent: Sınıftan iki kişi eksikti. Two people were absent from the class. 4. lack; deficiency, shortage; what is missing. 5. shortcoming, defect. - çıkmak (for something) to fall short of the number or amount required, turn out to be short. - doğmak to be born prematurely. - doldurmak (for someone who is taken on/for something which is taken on) to fill the gap. - etek prov. woman, (a) skirt. - etmemek /ı/ not to be without. - gedik small wants, trivial deficiencies. -i gediği olmamak 1. to be perfect in every way. 2. not to lack for anything whatsoever. - gelmek (for something) to fall short, be deficient. - olma! Thank you. - olmamak 1. (for something) not to be lacking, not to be missing. 2. (for someone) not to be absent. - olmasın. God bless him/her. - olsun! colloq. 1. I don´t want (him/her/it) around! 2. May he/she drop dead!/I hope he/she croaks! -ini (gediğini) tamamlamak /ın/ to complete what is missing in (something)."

My God!/How awful! -lar olsun! My God, look what´s happened!

sacrifice, sacrificing. - etmek /ı/ to sacrifice. - olmak to be sacrificed (for). - olsun! It´s worth the sacrifice.

"1. night, nighttime. 2. evening, eventide. 3. at night. 4. in the evening. 5. overnight. 6. soiree, evening, night, celebration. 7. nocturnal, night. - baskını night raid. - bekçisi night man, night watchman. - gösterisi evening showing or performance (of a film or play). - gündüz night and day, continuously. - gündüz dememek to take no account of the time of day. -yi gündüze katmak to work night and day, work very hard. - hayatı night life. -niz hayırlı olsun. Good night. - işçiliği slang night thieving. - işçisi 1. workman on the night shift, night man. 2. slang night burglar. - kalmak /da/ to stay overnight (in/at), spend the night (in/at). - körlüğü night blindness. - kulübü nightclub. - kuşu 1. bat; owl, night bird. 2. night person, night owl, nighthawk. 3. night lifer. - lambası night-light. - maçı sports night game. - silahlı, gündüz külahlı someone who is a Jekyll-and -Hyde sort of person. - vakti 1. at night. 2. in the evening. - vardiyası night shift. - yarısı 1. midnight. 2. in the middle of the night. - yatısı overnight visit. - yatısına gitmek /a/ to go to (someone´s) for an overnight visit, go to (someone´s) to spend the night. - yatısına kalmak to be an overnight guest, stay overnight."

"late, delayed. - kalmak to be late. - olsun da güç olmasın. colloq. I don´t care if it´s not done on time; I just want to see it done. - vakit late in the evening."

"1. past, passed. 2. past; bygone. 3. overripe, overmature (fruit). 4. past its prime, passé (flower). 5. past, the past. 6. forefathers, ancestors. 7. the dead, the deceased. -i boklu vulg. damned (person). -te gelecek zaman gram. past intentional: -ecekti. -te geniş zaman gram. aorist past: -erdi. -i kandilli/kınalı/tenekeli colloq. damned (person). -lerini karıştırmak /ın/ to abuse the ancestors (of a person). - ola! Gone forever (said about a missed opportunity). - ola/olsun! May you recover soon!/I´m sorry about your bad luck. -i olmak /la/ to have known (someone) in the past. - olsuna gitmek to pay a visit to one who has experienced illness or anything unpleasant. - öncesi gram. past perfect, pluperfect: -mişti. -ine yandığım colloq. damned (person). - zaman gram. past tense. - zaman ortacı gram. past participle."

"1. eye. 2. sight, vision. 3. eye, manner or way of looking at a thing; estimation; opinion. 4. fountainhead, source (of a stream or river); spring. 5. eye (of a needle). 6. division, section, compartment; pigeonhole; cubbyhole. 7. drawer (in a piece of furniture). 8. pan (of a balance). 9. evil eye. 10. bad luck inflicted by an evil eye. 11. esteem, favor, friendly regard. 12. rudimentary bud. 13. eye (on a potato). 14. eye, the depression at the calyx end of some fruits. 15. section, division, square (on a game board). 16. central core (of a boil). 17. eye (in cheese); hole (in bread). 18. desire, interest. -ünde /ın/ in the eyes of. -ü aç greedy, avaricious, insatiable. - açamamak to have no rest or respite. -ü açık clever, sharp, wide-awake, shrewd. -ü açık gitmek to die without having fulfilled one´s desire. -ü açılmak to become shrewd. - açıp kapayıncaya kadar/- açıp kapamadan in the twinkling of an eye, in an instant. -lerini açmak to wake up. -ünü açmak 1. to keep one´s eyes open, watch out, be wary, be on guard. 2. /ın/ to enlighten (someone), open (someone´s) eyes. 3. to be enlightened. 4. /ın/ to take (a virgin) to bed. 5. /da/ to have intercourse for the first time (with). - açtırmamak /a/ to give no respite to, give (someone) no chance to do anything else. -ünü ağartmak to open one´s eyes wide (in astonishment or anger). - ağrısı 1. eyestrain. 2. one´s old or first love or sweetheart. - ahbaplığı/aşinalığı knowing someone by sight. -ü akmak to be blinded (by accident). -e ak düşmek to get a cataract in one´s eye. - alabildiğine as far as the eye can see. - aldanımı/aldanması optical illusion. - alıcı eye-catching. - almak to dazzle. -e almak /ı/ to risk, accept the risk of, take or run the chance of. - ardı etmek /ı/ to undervalue, pay insufficient attention to. -ü arkada kalmak to leave with something left undone or with a desire left unsatisfied. - aşinalığı slight acquaintanceship. - atmak /a/ to take a glance at, run an eye over. -ün/-ünüz aydın! I´m happy for you!/Congratulations! (said to one whose long-awaited wish has come true). - aydına gitmek /a/ to visit (someone) to congratulate him/her. -ünü ayırmamak /dan/ not to take one´s eyes off of. - aynası ophthalmoscope. -lerini bağışlamak to donate one´s eyes on death. -ünü bağlamak /ın/ 1. to blindfold. 2. to hoodwink. -ü bağlı 1. blindfolded. 2. blindly, blindfoldedly. 3. bewitched. (...) -üyle bakmak /a/ to look at (someone, something) from the point of view of. - bankası eye bank. - banyosu 1. eyewash. 2. colloq. girl-watching. -e batmak 1. to stick out, hit one in the eye. 2. to attract attention. -leri bayılmak for one´s eyes to have a sleepy or desirous look. -lerini belertmek to open one´s eyes wide (in astonishment or anger). - boncuğu blue bead (worn to avert the evil eye). - boyamak to mislead, delude, deceive, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone´s eyes. -leri buğulanmak/bulutlanmak for one´s eyes to fill with tears. -ü bulanmak for one´s eyes to become clouded over. -ü büyükte olmak to be full of ambition. -leri büyümek to open one´s eyes wide (in surprise, with terror). -ünde büyümek /ın/ to assume great proportions to (someone). -ünde büyütmek /ı/ to blow up (something, someone) out of proportion. -leri çakmak çakmak olmak for one´s eyes to be bloodshot. -ünün çapağını silmeden the first thing on awakening, before wiping the sleep from one´s eyes. -e çarpmak to strike or catch one´s eyes; to be conspicuous. -leri çekik having slanting eyes, slant-eyed. -den çıkarmak /ı/ to be prepared to pay; to be willing to give up or sacrifice (something). -ünü çıkarmak /ın/ to do the worst possible job of (something), ruin, spoil. -üm çıksın/kör olsun Strike me blind if.... - çukuru anat. orbit, eye socket. -leri çukura gitmek/kaçmak to become hollow-eyed. -ünü daldan budaktan/çöpten esirgememek/sakınmamak to disregard dangers. -ü dalmak to gaze vacantly, stare into space. - damlası med. ey

"1. news, information, message, word. 2. knowledge. 3. formerly, gram. predicate. - ajansı news agency. - alma mil. intelligence. - almak 1. /ı/ to hear, learn, get word of. 2. /dan/ to hear from. - atlamak to miss a news scoop; to fail to print an item. - atlatmak to scoop the news, get a scoop on the news. - bülteni news bulletin, news report; newscast. - çıkmamak /dan/ not to hear anything (from, about). - filmi newsreel. - geçmek to send out a news report or communiqué (by fax, telephone, etc.). - göndermek /a/ to send a message (to). - güvercini carrier pigeon, homing pigeon. - kaynağı news source, source. - kipi gram. indicative mood. - merkezi 1. mil. command post. 2. news bureau, news center, news desk. 3. information bureau. -i olmak /dan/ to be informed of, know about. -in olsun! colloq. You should know!/You should be informed! - salmak/yollamak /a/ colloq. to send a message or news to. - sızdırmamak not to let any information leak out. - sütunu news column. - toplamak to gather news. - uçurmak /a/ 1. to send a message to (someone) secretly. 2. to send an urgent message to. -im var. I know about it.... - ver! /dan/ colloq. Give me the lowdown on...!/Give me the news about...! - vermek 1. /a/ to tell, let (someone) know, inform. 2. /ı/ to indicate that..., show that..., be a sign that.... - yetiştirmek /a/ to get the news or a message to (a place) on time. -im yok. colloq. I know nothing about it./I haven´t heard it."

1. Come on! (used to spur someone on): Hadi Betül! Come on, Betül! 2. All right.../OK...: Hadi senin olsun. OK, it´s yours. 3. OK, let´s say.../So...: Tavuklar günde hadi iki kez yumurtlasın. Let´s say the hens lay twice a day. Hadi Hamide gelmesin. Ne olur? Let´s say Hamide doesn´t come. So what? 4. Come off it!/Nonsense!: Hadi be, beni aptal mı sandın? Come off it man, do you take me for a fool? 5. I can understand that..., but.../ OK..., but...: Hadi hediye için parası yoktu, bari bir kart yollasaydı! I can understand that he didn´t have the money for a present, but he could at least have sent a card! 6. straight for, right for (a place): Seller basınca biz hadi dama. When it floods we make straight for the roof. Yaz geldi mi, biz hadi Kalamış´a. When summer came we´d make straight for Kalamış. - bakalım! Come on then!/Hurry up! - canım sen de! Who do you think you´re kidding?/Don´t feed me that bull! - hadi! 1. Who do you think you´re fooling? 2. Cut it short!/Don´t prolong things!/Don´t drag it out! - oradan! 1. Get moving!/Move it! 2. Just who do you think you´re kidding?/Just who do you think you´re fooling?

giving God thanks, thanksgiving, praising God, giving glory to God. - etmek /a/ see hamdetmek. - olsun! see Hamdolsun!

forbidden by religion, unlawful, wrong. - etmek /ı, a/ to take the pleasure out of (something) for (someone). - helal ver Allahım, garip kulun yer Allahım. colloq. He will make a profit from anything, with no regard for right and wrong. - mal a thing taken by theft or deceit. - olmak /a/ (for the pleasure, enjoyment, etc. of something) to be ruined, spoiled, or impaired (for someone). - olsun! May you get no benefit from it. - para money illegitimately acquired, ill-gotten gains. -a uçkur çözmek colloq. to commit adultery. - yemek to get something illegally or illegitimately.

"1. Come on! (used to spur someone on): Haydi Filiz! Come on Filiz! 2. All right, OK: Haydi istediğin şekilde yapalım. OK, let´s do it your way. 3. OK, let´s say... (used when estimating): Kahire buradan haydi yüz kilometre olsun. OK, let´s say Cairo is one hundred kilometers away. 4. Come off it!/Nonsense!: Haydi oradan, bana madik atamazsın! Listen man, you can´t feed me that! 5. OK, so... (but)...!: Haydi gelemedi, bari bir telefon edeydi! OK, so he was unable to come; at least he could have telephoned! 6. The only thing to do is...: Seller basınca biz haydi dama. Whenever it floods, we´ve no choice but to take to the roof. - bakalım! Come on then!/ Hurry up! - canım sen de! colloq. Who do you think you´re kidding?/Don´t feed me that bull! - gidelim! Come on, let´s go! - git! Get going!/Push off!/Off with you now! - haydi! colloq. 1. Who do you think you´re fooling? 2. Cut it short!/Don´t prolong things!/Don´t drag it out! - haydi 1. easily, with no trouble whatsoever: Biz bunu haydi haydi yaparız. We´ll do this with no trouble whatsoever. 2. at the most, at most: Bu kütüphane haydi haydi yüz kitap alır. This bookcase will hold one hundred books at the most. - oradan! colloq. 1. Get moving!/Move it! 2. Who do you think you´re kidding? "

"two. -dir for the second time. -miz the two of us. -miz de both of us. -si the two (of them). -si de both (of them). - ahbap çavuşlar colloq. inseparable friends, great pals. -si arası 1. neither one nor the other, a combination of the two. 2. (someone, something) who/which is a mixture of the two. - arada bir derede somehow or other. - arada bir derede kalmak to be in a tight situation. - arada kalmak to be at a loss as to whom to believe; not to know whom to support. - ateş arasında kalmak to be caught between two fires. - atomlu chem. diatomic. - ayağını bir pabuca sokmak/koymak /ın/ to pressure (someone), put pressure on (someone) (to finish something immediately). - baştan olmak (for something) to be possible only if both sides are in agreement about it. -de bir/birde very frequently, all the time, constantly, continually, every whipstitch. -si bir kapıya çıkar. colloq. They both amount to the same thing. -si bir kazanda kaynamamak not to get along together. -sini bir kazana koysalar kaynamazlar. colloq. It´s impossible for them to get along with each other. - boyutlu two-dimensional. - buçukluk (a) two-and-a-half lira coin. - büklüm bent double, very stooped. - cambaz bir ipte oynamaz. proverb If two cheats try to work together, they end up cheating each other. - cami arasında kalmış beynamaz/binamaz (someone) who doesn´t know which alternative to choose, (someone) who doesn´t know which of two choices to make. - cihanda in this world and the next. - çıplak bir hamama yakışır. proverb Don´t think about marrying if you haven´t got a penny to your name. - çift laf/söz a word or two, a few words. - çifte kayık/- çifteli rowboat with two pairs of oars. - değerlikli chem. bivalent (element). - dinle (bin işit) bir söyle. proverb Listen before you talk. - dirhem bir çekirdek dressed up fit to kill, dressed up to the nines, all dolled up. - dünya this world and the world to come. - eli böğründe kalmak to be at a loss as to what to do; to feel helpless. - eli (kızıl) kanda olsa no matter what he´s/she´s doing, no matter what, no matter how tied up he/she is. - eli şakaklarında düşünmek to brood, be deep in thought. - eli yakasında olmak /ın/ to intend to settle accounts (with another) on Judgment Day. - elim yanıma gelecek. colloq. I swear I´m telling the truth!/Cross my heart! - evli bigamous. - geçeli in two rows facing each other. - gönül bir olursa/olunca samanlık seyran olur. proverb If two people are really in love they can make do with a bare minimum of worldly goods. - gözüm my dear; my dear friend; my dear lady; my dear fellow. - gözle görme/- göze değgin görme binocular vision. - gözü iki çeşme crying one´s eyes out, crying one´s heart out. - gözüm kör olsun! I swear to God! - gözüm önüme aksın! I swear to God! - günde bir every other day. - hörgüçlü deve Bactrian camel, two-humped camel. - karpuz bir koltuğa sığmaz. proverb You can´t do two things at once. - kat 1. doubled, folded. 2. bent double, very stooped. - katı /ın/ double the amount of. - katlı 1. two-storied. 2. two-layered. - kat olmak to be bent double, become very stooped. - kere twice. - kere iki dört eder gibi as sure as two and two is four. - misli twofold, twice as much. - namlulu double-barreled. - nokta colon (punctuation mark). -si ortası/-sinin ortası 1. (someone, something) which is a blend of the two. 2. a blend of the two. 3. middle ground, middle of the road; middle way, middle path. - paralık etmek /ı/ to ruin (someone´s) reputation, discredit (someone) thoroughly. - paralık olmak (for someone´s reputation) to be ruined, (for someone) to be thoroughly discredited. - rahmetten biri. colloq. If he can´t get well I hope death will put an end to his sufferings. - satır konuşmak/dertleşmek to have a brief chat. - seksen uzanmak slang 1. to be tickled pink. 2. to be flattened (by a fisticuff). 3. to loll. - sözü/lafı/lakırdıyı bir araya getirememek to be unable to express ones

"1. medicine, medicament, medication; drug. 2. disinfectant. 3. pesticide; insecticide; herbicide; fungicide. 4. (a) chemical preparation: boru açma ilacı preparation used to unclog pipes. 5. remedy. - dolabı medicine cabinet, medicine chest. - için colloq. (used with a negative verb to indicate a complete lack of something) not a single; not any: İlaç için istesen muz bulamazsın. You can´t find a banana for love or money. İlaç için olsun parası yok. He doesn´t have a penny to his name. - kılavuzu/kitabı pharmacopoeia. - yazmak to prescribe medicine."

"1. obstinacy, stubbornness; doggedness; pertinacity; mulishness; pigheadedness. 2. /a/ just to spite, just to defy (someone): Cesim´e inat ben oraya gitmem. Just to defy Cesim I shan´t go there. 3. colloq. obstinate, stubborn; dogged; pertinacious; mulish; pigheaded. -ı bırakmak to stop being stubborn. - etmek to be obstinate, be stubborn; to show doggedness; to show pertinacity; to be mulish; to be pigheaded. -ı inat extremely obstinate, very stubborn. -ım inat, adım Kel/Hacı Murat. colloq. He is/was as stubborn as a mule. -ını kırmak /ın/ to overcome (someone´s) stubbornness. - olsun diye /a/ just to spite, just to defy (someone). -ı tutmak to show one´s stubbornness, (for someone´s) stubbornness to come out."

1. who. 2. whoever. -in arabasına binerse onun türküsünü çağırır. colloq. He´s a self-seeking sycophant.... kim,... kim. shows a woeful lack of something: O kim, dürüstlük kim. He doesn´t have an honest bone in his body. O kim, öğretmenlik kim. He doesn´t know the first thing about teaching. - kime, dum duma. colloq. It´s so chaotic that nobody notices/cares what anybody else is doing. -i kimsesi /ın/ relatives. -e ne? What does it matter to anyone? -e niyet, kime kısmet. colloq. The person for whom something is intended may not always be the person who gets it in the end. - o? Who´s there?/Who is it? - olursa olsun. It doesn´t matter who he is!/There´ll be no exceptions! - oluyor! Just who does he think he is? - vurduya gitmek to be killed or wounded (in a brawl, riot, shoot-out) by an unknown hand.

"1. remark; word. 2. expression, utterance, statement. 3. empty words, hot air, nothing but talk. 4. conversation, talk. 5. the subject of a conversation. 6. What nonsense!/That´s bull! -ı ağzında gevelemek to talk around the subject; not to come out with what´s on one´s mind. -ı ağzından kaçırmak to let something slip, say something inadvertently, let the cat out of the bag. -ı ağzında kalmak to be unable to finish what one was saying; (for someone) suddenly to go silent. - altında kalmamak to give as good as one gets (in an argument). -ı ağzına tıkamak /ın/ to shut (someone) up. - anlamaz 1. thickheaded; stupid. 2. obstinate, muleheaded. - anlatmak /a/ to try to bring (someone) round (to one´s own point of view), try to make (someone) understand something. - aramızda.... colloq. This is just between you and me./Let´s keep this to ourselves./Entre nous. - atmak 1. /a/ to make a rude remark about (someone) within his hearing. 2. /a/ to make an improper innuendo or suggestion to (a woman one doesn´t know), proposition. 3. to have a chat. -ını/ -ınızı balla kestim. colloq. Excuse me for interrupting you. -ını bilmek to think before one opens one´s mouth, be careful about what one says. -a boğmak /ı/ to drown (a topic) in a flood of words. -ı çevirmek/değiştirmek to change the subject. - çıkmak for a rumor to start going around. -ı çiğnemek to beat around the bush. -a dalmak to become lost in conversation. - değil. colloq. It´s serious./This isn´t just idle talk. - dinlemek to heed what one is told; to act on someone´s advice. - dokundurmak /a/ to make wisecracks (about), make barbed remarks (about). - düşmemek /a/ 1. for there to be no need for (someone) to talk. 2. (for someone) not to get a chance to speak. - etmek 1. /ı/ to gossip about (something). 2. /la/ to talk (with), chat (with). -ını etmek /ın/ to talk about (something). -ın gümrüğünü vermek slang to start yakking again; to keep on yakking. - işitmek to get a dressing down. - kaldıramamak not to be able to take a joke, not to be able to take it. - kıtlığında asmalar budayayım. colloq. You´re talking nonsense! - körüğü windbag (person). - lafı açar. colloq. One topic leads to another. -ı mı olur? colloq. Don´t mention it!/It´s a pleasure! (said to someone for whom one has done or wishes to do a favor). - ola. colloq. What hogwash!/It´s just so much hot air! - olur. colloq. There´ll be gossip./It´ll set tongues wagging. - olsun diye (saying something) just to make conversation, merely for the sake of saying it. -la peynir gemisi yürümez. proverb Mere talk won´t get anything done. - söyledi balkabağı. colloq. You´re full of bull! -ını şaşırmak to be at a loss for words. - taşımak to retail gossip. -a tutmak /ı/ to engage (someone) in conversation (thus causing him to stop what he´d been doing). -ı uzatmak to take a long time explaining something. - ü güzaf see lafügüzaf. - yetiştirmek 1. to reply quickly and in kind, promptly to give as good as one gets. 2. /a/ (for a child) to talk back to, sass (an older person). - yok. /a/ colloq. There´s nothing wrong with...."